Word of the Day for Friday, December 19, 2008
iambic \ahy-AM-bik\, adjective:
1. of or consisting of iambic measures
2. a foot or measure in poetry consisting of two syllables, an unaccented followed by an accented or a short syllable followed by a long
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The hope, the change,
The joke, exchange,
Bush for B.O.,
I know, I know,
One good, one bad,
Good by, so sad!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
by 1575, from Latin iambicus, from Greek iambikos, from iambos "metrical foot of one unaccented followed by one accented syllable," from iaptein "to assail" (in words); the meter of invective and lampoon in classical Greek from the time it was used for such by Archilochos, 7c. B.C.E.
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